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Liard - Godefroy Maurice
| Issuer | Duchy of Bouillon |
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| Year | 1681 |
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| Value | 1 Liard = 3 Deniers (1⁄80) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a purely typographic design with the denomination inscription arranged in four bold lines across the central field: LIARD. / DE. / BOVILLON. / 1681. Below the date, a heraldic device comprising two small castle towers flanking a central fleur-de-lis serves as a mint or ducal emblem. The legend is struck in large, well-spaced Roman capital letters with separating dots, conveying clarity and authority. A fine toothed border runs along the outer rim, completing the composition. |
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| Reverse lettering | LIARD. DE. BOVILLON. 1681 (Translation: Liard of Bouillon.) |
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Godefroy Maurice de la Tour d'Auvergne ruled Bouillon as a sovereign prince while simultaneously serving as a marshal of France — a dual loyalty that defined the duchy's peculiar position as a nominally independent enclave surrounded by the Spanish Netherlands and France. The liard was struck at a moment when Bouillon's autonomy was increasingly theoretical; Louis XIV had occupied the duchy militarily in 1676 and would not relinquish control for years. These copper issues circulated locally but under conditions entirely dictated by Versailles.